That identical-looking port might be your laptop’s biggest bottleneck.

The hidden logo that tells you if a laptop is actually good ...

Thunderbolt 3 ports on a laptop let you power external equipment, fast charge gadgets, and enjoy high transfer speeds. This can be achieved using Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports. There are options available ...

The $189 hub turns one laptop port into three, each supporting the new USB 4 and Thunderbolt 4 connection standards. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

Apple’s decision to equip the 12-inch MacBook with just a single port was a controversial one, but the USB-C port Apple chose just got a whole lot more powerful. Intel announced back in June that it ...

With the launch of the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro this week, Apple became the only laptop manufacturer to offer both a high-speed Thunderbolt port and two USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed USB) ports for ...

As the new USB type attempts to replace millions of old charging components, the world of ports has quickly transformed into a sea of version numbers and cable designs. It’s a lot to untangle, ...

A good laptop is only as good as its ports. That’s a saying I just made up but there’s some truth to it. While there are some ultraportable laptops that can make do with just a couple of USB-C ...

Use of the high-speed connector is expected to spread, thanks to Intel piggybacking the technology on mainstream USB. And here's why consumers might care this time. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

Working from home likely means you're working on some form of laptop or tablet, and if it was made in the last couple of years, one thing's for sure: It doesn't have near enough ports to connect all ...

The new year is here, and everyone's excited to get back to work. But if you've purchased a new Thunderbolt 3 equipped laptop, such as one of the new M1 Macbook Pros, or one of the few Thunderbolt 4 ...

The new Plugable TBT3-UDZ dock can run two 4K monitors and has USB 3.0 10Gbps and Thunderbolt 40Gbps ports. It even included gigabit Ethernet and memory card slots. Now so many of us are having to ...